Longtime Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education member Christine Schnars was officially installed as president of the New York State School Boards Association during the association’s annual convention and education expo in New York City recently. “I am very honored to have been ...

Jefferson Middle School officials recently released the school’s Students of the Month for September. They are: Julia Nelson, fifth grade and the daughter of John and Ashley Nelson. Julia enjoys playing violin, French horn, drawing, playing games and reading chapter books. Julia’s ...

A court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Chautauqua County over a 2024 death at the county garbage station on Webster Road. State Supreme Court Justice Grace Hanlon also ruled that a countersuit by the county cannot be combined with the case, so the two filings will be considered ...

Amid skyrocketing prices in President Trump’s America, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is part of an effort to increase Social Security benefits and help seniors combat the rising cost of living. Wednesday, Gillibrand introduced legislation to expand Social Security benefits ...

Thanksgiving is a day built around family, gratitude, and gathering close - and yes, often around a turkey dinner. But while we’re settling in with our relatives and favorite dishes, our local wild turkeys are out in the woods doing something remarkably similar: spending the season in ...

On the day before the official one-week Thanksgiving break at the State University of New York at Fredonia, staff members received notice of additional reductions being made to the staff. In a letter sent by President Stephen Kolison on Nov. 20, he again touched on the structural deficit that ...